We have become totally dependent on an interdependent system based on
constant expansion in a finite space. As soon as parts of the system
fail, chaos results.

Remember people killing each other at the gas pumps in the 1970's or the
paper shortages and the toilet paper hoarders? How long would it take
modern man to revert back to barbarism if the system failed?

The system pushes consumerism and product obsolescence to support
itself. The landfills testify to the quality of its products. Population control is not taken seriously, for huge populations create new markets for inferior products and cheap labor pools.